Ok, basically what I've done is built an animated character separating it into its basic parts (left foot, leg, torso, head, eyes, etc) and I imported it into flash ( CS3 ) from photoshop and turned it into (what I believe to be called) a nested symbol. I've converted each part into a graphic ...more >>

Sorry for the double post, I put this in the wrong place... Creating the FLV file and placing a flash video on a webpage with the video controls, is easy enough but I need to have an intro screen. Something like a 'click to play' frame like Youtube does. I'm not sure if it is a Jpeg, that ...more >>

Where can I get a slideshow component such as the one on this homepage? http://www.lmu.edu/Page27472.aspx Also please provide any recommendations on slideshow components you guys are using. I am looking for components that are easy to use, has built in transitions, and one where I can just...more >>

This is going to sound very naive but I want to attach a player (play, pause, rewind, etc) to my animation. I understand it does it automatically if it is a ..flv file. I downloaded a trial version of Flash CS3 thinking I could convert my .fla file to .flv but that doesn't appear to be the c...more >>

Hi I would just like to know if you think flash 8 is better than flash cs3 and does flash cs3 contain ALL the features of flash 8? and which is easier to use!?! Thanks nows in advance and in the future! ...more >>

I have a movie file that is embedded in the Flash. However, I would like to skip the first 12 seconds of the movie as it contains some ad. I need help with the edit in Flash...more >>

Hi, Are there general rules to follow to improve the quality of streaming video through Flash? I am working on a website that has a lot of video and the client is asking me to put the video up on a video hosting website and then call it in from there... Can anyone give me suggestions a...more >>

This is a weird issue.. If I have just the FLA I'm working on open, I can hit CTRL + ENTER and test the movie with no problems.. but as soon as I open up ANY AS file, it won't let me test the movie.. it doesn't run ANY actionscrpt at ALL when testing.. regardless of whether or not I have the t...more >>

I have a site that I need to add a pre-loader to as it is quite large in file size and would take a while to load up. Each page of my site is just an individual frame within the main Ttmeline with "stop" actions in each frame. My question is this... Would a pre-loader load ALL of the...more >>

Hi, I have an algorithm that runs against a series of still images, such as MPEG-4 movie key frames. I would like to be able to analyze .swf files with the algorithm, but I don't know how to extract key frames or images from the .swf file itself. Is there documentation anywhere ab...more >>

How do you link one spot on the movie to another, ie such as a hyperlink from keyframe 325 to keyframe 120? Thanks so very much from a GREEN NEWBY!...more >>

I am teaching a web design class and the student files that came with the book are a newer version than what I am using. I am using Flash MX 2004 and assume the files are either Flash 8 or CS3. Is there anyway to get MX to open the new file? Thanks, Paula ...more >>

Hello All, Relative newbie to Flash CS3, although I have been using flash video files for a while with opensource software. I have upgraded to CS3 and one main reason I wanted to go with the Adobe software was for the purpose of providing progressive downloads on my website with a clas...more >>

I need a application for my users to be able to make a slideshow with the images I give them... I really dont know how to explain it so I made a video of someone who has made this for someone else and will not help me with it!. Heres the video. http://chiroed.com/presentation.swf Let m...more >>

i have a flash catalog about 119 pages long. one page is the index page. if you click on the page and page number it will bring you to that slide. BUT my problem is it wont stay there. It will stay on that slide for about 30 seconds then it automaticly goes back to the index page and i dont kn...more >>

I'm a newbie and want to make something just like this example on the silverlight (sorry) page (http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/). Can anyone who's not offended by my sv reference please point me to how to do this? Goal: images rotate and follow the mouse movement (as on site) ...more >>

Is there a code out there for AS2 that stops all movieclips?...more >>

I have built a flash presentation that is 20 "slides" long. Each "slide" is a keyframe on the main timeline in which holds a movieclip of the information to be displayed. As the user progresses through the presentation, I want to have a button (btnReview) that when clicked, it records the _cur...more >>

If I upgrade to the latest Flash version from Flash 8 Professional, will I be able to continue to edit pieces created in Flash 8? How different is AS3 from AS2? Thanks...more >>

I know very little flash, but I know how to edit a bit and I can understand an XML file. If I wanted to create a gallery with 3 or 4 different catagories, would I be able to connect two image galleries to make it work? For example this is the basic gallery I want to use: http://www.flash...more >>

I'm sorry if someone has already answered my question from late September. I had a bisiness trip and didn't get the answer before I left, and now it's gone from the forums. I need to get flash onto my laptop to take with me to a business meeting.But when I ty it says the lieence has expire...more >>

I know how to make a button so that, when clicked, will compose an email to a specified address: on (release) { getURL("mailto:abc@xyz.com", "_blank"); } But I was wondering if there was a way to also pre-populate the SUBJECT and the BODY along with the "to" address field?... Th...more >>

I have many movieclips nested inside a movieclip. Is there a way to "stop()" and "play()" everything at once besides writing out the code for each nested movie....more >>

Help! I've created a flash animation and I would like to place it inside Dreamweaver (both programs are CS3). I've successfully placed the file however, when I go to test the file from Dreamweaver in Explorer I get this message asking to run"ActiveX??" How do I get it to stop asking to run...more >>

If I want to create an animation with curve and straight form shape, is it the best way to use pen to do that? Also, do anyone know how to add a point in a line with a pen tool?...more >>

See my php script below. I have put it on a website that I have designed for a company. I created the website using Flash 8. Everything is working except for the PHP. For now, I am using my own email address for the form information to come to. However, the form information does not come to m...more >>

I downloaded a bundle with Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash in it. I can successfully use my drawing tablet in all of the other programs, however when i open Flash, it opens fine, but the second i touch my pen to the tablet, the program unexpectedly quits and gives no reason. I am on a M...more >>

I have an online pet store which is in the process of going live. I would like to ad some attractive flash to the homepage of my site. Nothing interactive, but a banner ad or sales ad that goes in the middle of the page. I am pretty darn good with illustrator and photoshop, but i am really new...more >>

I have a short FLV file that I need to stream from an html file. This works fine from my local machine, but when I put it on out test server it doesn't server. The test server is very stripped down. It has no flash components. My question is what are the requirements for the web server tha...more >>

First off, I'm not very good with Flash. I'm not afraid to admit it, heh. I know enough about it to create a simple site or a simple animation, but that's about it. Anyhow, for a college class project I'm building a small website in Flash. I want to have an MP3 track playing continuously t...more >>

How simple but I can't get it working. I want to open an external mov. file from a button within Flash, exactly as you would from an html button. you know... opens in its own window. What would the script be for this? Thanks John ...more >>

Hiya, I'm creating a website which has a main menu, whereby clicking each menu item loads a child swf file into the parent movieclip. For each movie clip that loads, there is a preloader. The loading of the clips appears to work fine at first, but it seems that if you switch to another fra...more >>

Hi My problem is that I want to have an absolute positioned HTML element above my Flash. To get this to work I have to set the wmode parameter to either transparent or opauge. I have tried to set the parameters with Javascript after the initalisation of the player/plug-in. The scri...more >>

hello all, i want to make my list background color transparent. this is my code:- import mx.styles.CSSStyleDeclaration; _global.styles.List = new CSSStyleDeclaration(); _global.styles.List.setStyle("backgroundColor", "transparent") it is working fine but after using this code ...more >>